“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

[...] It certainly did not seem that he was being overly cautious in any regard, and yet when his sexuality was perhaps most noticeable, he made sure he took up with a man, Walt, who could not take advantage of it—a very cautious step for all of its unconventional overtones.

[...] Nevertheless for others there are steps that must be followed through, and following these steps through brings the whole personality, including the intellect, to a more balanced understanding, which is my goal. [...]

[...] But unless you step far back from the tree you will not realize that the entire string of lights exists at once. [...]

One of those steps in Jane’s self-directed search for understanding is referred to in Note 5 for Session 681 (in Volume 1), which contains three lines from her poem, More Than Men. She wrote it in 1954, when she was 25 years old. [...]

[...] She still walked by leaning on her typing table and pushing it forward step by step—but she did this much less frequently, perhaps only once or twice a day. [...] She seldom left the house; she could barely maneuver down the two steps into the garage off her writing room, and into our car. [...]

[...] Ida married him because she believed his educational status, and his Anglo-Saxon background, meant a step upward for herself and her children. [...]

She had wanted to leave her job for another one but was afraid of taking the step, so she created circumstances in which the decision was seemingly taken out of her hands; it would appear as if she were the victim of unfeeling co-workers, jealous and misunderstanding, and a boss who would not stand up for her.

[...] A Catholic or a Jew possessing these beliefs is obviously out of step to some extent, and will feel guilty as he measures himself against them. [...]

[...] He has stepped clear of it (pause), its fate no longer seen as his fate, regardless of what happens to the book.

[...] Those sensed, additional improvements have to wait for the next effort: A creative tension between the present and the future is set up, then—one that I’ve often felt, an impatience to leap ahead to the next step even while I’m still working out the current one. [...]

[...] The impetus further led him around the kitchen, usually in the chair, but often to take steps in a different way from one point to another. [...]

[...] Anyone who walks up the steps from the street knows [he or she is] making a trip. [...]

[...] We’re told that a radioactive and potentially explosive bubble of hydrogen gas, which has been preventing cooling water from reaching the upper portions of the control rods within the reactor’s fuel assembly, is now being very slowly and carefully vented into the atmosphere; this is a first step in the bubble’s planned dissolution. [...]

[...] Bill and Peggy share the cost of a cottage on Seneca Lake with other members of Peggy’s family, and had been taking steps to sell the cottage this fall. [...]

[...] You are at a point where you are ready to look into yourselves, and to take the next steps that must indeed be taken.

[...] Some cultures provide symbols, or symbolic steps within the system itself, that allow for a steady “progression,” in which a young person’s curiosity and accelerated adolescent rebellion is subtly directed from within the society itself. [...]

On a practical level, later, we will go into steps that can be taken to offset such an unfortunate liability. [...]

[...] Even the regularity, when not overdone, is a strong asset, and in its absence some sort of compensating steps should be taken.

[...] The child’s first steps are latent within the first flickering of the infant’s eyes, for the events follow as naturally as the opening of the petals of a flower.

When such an improvement of attitude does occur on Ruburt’s part, it takes considerable courage for him to take or initiate that first step—and you do not ease the way, but in the meantime go along until he makes such a suggestion first. [...]

I will take this by gentle steps and (to me) let you rest your fingers.